Varnish and paint remover.



5 9 acetone and benzol.

. UNTTED sTA'r s r l ENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALEXANDER. F PA BKEBSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE- HALF TO PEEGY C. PARKER, 01'' PABKEBSBUBG, WEST VIRGINIA.

VARNISH AND PAiN'D REMOV'ER No Drawing Specification of Letters Yatent.

Application filed December 11, 1909. Serial No. 582,627.

5 and State of 'West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Varnish and-.Pa-i nt Remover, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a high y efficient compound for removing varnish and paint from wood, metal, orother surfaces to which such varnish or paint has been applied and the invention aims further to provide a compound of this class which may be employed in removing any resinous mattenfrom wood or metal surfaces.

It is further an aim of the'invention to provide in a compound of this class for this purpose, an ingredientor ingredients which will cut and soften the varnish or paint to be removed. and ingredients which Willform a scum or will 'othervvise prcventtoo rapid evaporationrof the ingredient'which is employed to cut and soften the varnish or paint; a detergent; a cleansing tindibleaching agent and one which will cause the paint or varnish 'to rise to the surface when the compound is applied; and ingredients to prevent drying of the paint or va,rnish while eing removed.

In preparing the compound embodying the ,..'.:nt invention, the followin ingredlents in about the proportions specifiedare einployedz' benzol (commercial grade, 90 per cent), two ounces; acetone (85 percent. purtg, one ounce; soap (dissolved), onethir ounce; melted parafiin wax, one-fifth ounce; peroxid of hydrogen, one-quarter ounce; linseed oil, one ounce; oil ofwintergreen, one-quarter ounce. These ingredients are thoroughly mixed and agitated and are permitted to stand for a period of'aboutforty-eight hours when the compound will be ready for use. The acetone and benzol act to cut and soften the varnish or paint or other resinous or ilsubstance to be removed and the para n wax forms a scum which prevents too rapid evaporation of the he soap is preferably Patented 'Feb; 4, 191$.

a pure laundry soap and this ingredient, in any event, acts as a detergent actin not only to ,clean the surface being treate of paint and varnish or grease or resinous substance, but also to'remove dirt fromsuch surface. The soap solution also renders the mixed paint or varnish and compound heretofore described, less-sticky and gummy thaulj;.it would otherwise beam} in the accomplish ment of this result, the linseed oil and the .99

parafiin wax alsoaid. The. peroxid of if drogen employed acts to cleanse the sprfaoe being treated and causes the paintor'vg. nish removed from such surface'tqirise to f the surface of the compound, when 'ap lied and .furthermore' when the surface; treated is Woodur like material, it j, bleached to. a greater or less degree thereby preparing itfor the application of ne paint or va rnish.v The linseed oil employe in manufacturing the compound acts to pre-q'" vent evaporation of the paint and varnish remover. From the foregoing description of the compound embod ing the present invention-211. it will be appreciated that the same is, by reason of the characteristics of the ingredb ents embodied therein, well adapted forusd in removing 'pain't, varnish, dirt, grease, and in fact any greasy substance or resinoussubstance from wood, metal, or in fact almost any surface. It will further be'undcrstood that whether paint, varnish or a resinous or greasy substance is removed, the mixture'of this substance with the compound will not become sticky or gummy and consequently the co'mpoun is not undesirable to use a t the same time-obviating gumming of the surface being cleaned. This is a decided advantage inasmuch as most compounds of thisclass dry so rapidly and are composed of such ingredients that the surface beingcleaned becomes sticky'or gummy after exposure for a few moments to .the air although appar ently entirely free from thepaint or varnish. A'decided advantage is also gained in the use of the peroxid of hydrogen inasmuchgjas. stated above, as this ingredient serves (to not only cleanse the surface being treated but where such surface 15 of wood, it will be What is claimed is bleached to a greater or less degree .thus well linseed oil 1 oz., and oil of intergreen 1o preparing itfor-the application of new varoz.

, nish or paint.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as i I my own, I have hereto affixed my signature ,5 A eint removing compound composed of in the presence of two witnesses.

the allowing ingredients in substantially JOHN WESLEY ALEXANDER.

the proportions specified: benzol (90) 2 Witnesses: oz acetone (85) 1 oz., soap" 5; '02., melted DWIGHT D. MCKINNEY,

pa raflin ;1; 'oz.', peroxid of hvdrogen oz.. A. H. WILSON. 

